61 10 1856 http://www.recollectionsks.org/files/original/102456d384a6ed5dbae229e11ce58f4f.jpeg db17600f81e391b6c60bcb32dba6953f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1950 4-H State Fair results, Meetings & Events, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource 4-H CLUB NOTES August 24, 1950 The Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club met Monday night, August 21, at the Community Center for their regular monthly meeting. Roll call was answered by "Topics," followed by a short business meeting. A demonstration on "Fruit Drinks," was given by Jean and Jeanette Nadeau. Shirley Pitts gave the Parliamentary problems and practices. Recreation was led by Barbara Gentry. The next meeting will be September 18, at 8 pm 4-H NEWS September 21, 1950 The Rossville Rustlers 4-H club, which met September 18, in the community building for the regular meeting, decided to sponsor a food sale on September 23, at the Community building, for their money making project of the year. The Rustlers will also be host to the next County Wide 4-H Party which will be at the Community building on October 9 from 8 to 10 p. m. Barbara Gentry. Ruth Olson and Shirley Mesmer are on the foods committee and Jeanette Nadeau is publicity chairman for the food sale. Mrs. Vina McCoid handed out enrollment cards for next year. She also reported that all the record sheets had been handed in but one. Those on the nominating committee for new 4-H officers are, Roy D. Davis, Genevieve Bixby and Melvin Ketter. The club opened the program by singing "Battle Hymn of Republic." Robert Lambert gave a historian talk on Crocodiles. A spelling bee and games were enjoyed for recreation —Reporter, Shirley Mesmer. 4-H CARD OF THANKS September 28, 1950 The Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club wants to thank the parents who donated so generously to the Food Sale and those who patronized it. We also thank Mr. Navarre for his free advertising—Rossville Rustlers. 4-H CLUB ENTERTAINS AT COUNTY-WIDE PARTY October 12, 1950 Monday evening the Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club was host to a county-wide 4-H party at the community building. Mr. Merle Eyestone was in charge. There were 165 members and leaders present. Under the capable leadership of Mr. Eyestone the 150 members were kept busy for two hours playing the musical folk games he provided. After refreshments of cider and doughnuts the party broke up at 9:30 all saying they had a wonderful time and expressing admiration for Rossville's beautiful community center. SHAWNEE 4-Hers WIN AT FAIR September 28, 1950 Shawnee County 4-Hers came home from the state fair in Hutchinson with three grand championships and a lot of blue ribbons. Club Agent Merle Eyestone reported Saturday. The Shawnee County 4-H booth on "Better Wiring for Better Living," constructed by Joe Conley of Rossville won the trophy for the best booth. The Shawnee poultry team of Melvin Martinek, Gerhard Malm and Norman Oberhelman won first place over 15 other teams and earned a trip to the national contest to be held in Chicago in December. Martinek was the second high individual in the contest. Oberhelman was seventh and Malm was eighth. Adding to honors won was the crops judging team of James McCoid Joe Conley and Bob Reid which took first place over 14 other county teams. McCoid was second high individual in the contest and Reid was seventh. Marilyn Brown and Reid both won blue ribbons in the style show and best groomed boy's contest. Mary Simpson was chosen from the 800 delegates to the camp to conduct the organizations and functioning of the camp. Robert Engler's baby beef won a blue ribbon as did the Chester White pigs of Phyllis Cole. The dairy team won sixth place competing with 23 teams and the livestock team was thirtieth among 63 teams. In the home economics judging and food preparation the Shawnee County team of Ruth Simpson, Rosaline Bosworth and Lois Perry was third out of 51 teams. ROSSVILLE RUSTLERS 4-H CLUB October 26, 1950 The regular monthly meeting of the Rossville 4-H Rustlers was held Monday night, Oct. 23, at the Community Center, with 26 members, 4 guests and two leaders present. The meeting was opened by giving the Flag Salute. The business session followed in which it was decided to contribute the money taken in at 4-H Sunday to the new Community Center. The president announced that the club made $31.17 from the Food Sale held two weeks ago. The election of officers followed. They are President, Burns Hesse; vice-president , Joe Conley; treasurer, Shirley Mesmer; reporter, Shirley Pitts; song leader, Barbara Gentry; council members, Robert Reid and Barbara Gentry; pianist, Shirley Mesmer; community club leaders, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Davis with Mrs. Frederic Zickefoose as assistant. The following program was given: Health Talk, Roy Davis; Current Events, Barbara Gentry; Music Appreciation, Ruth Olson. Recreation consisting of games was enjoyed by all. Refreshments of candy bars were served. — Shirley Pitts, Reporter. ROSSVILLE RUSTLERS 4-H NEWS November 16, 1950 Burns Hesse, Joe Conley, Robert Reid, Barbara Gentry, Shirley Mesmer, Shirley Pitts, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Davis and Mrs. Frederic Zickefoose attended the 4-H officers' training school at YWCA in Topeka Thursday night, November 9. "Guest Night" will be observed at the regular monthly meeting of the Rossville 4-H club Monday night, November 20, at 8 o'clock at the Community Center. Each 4-H club family will present their guest who in turn will appear on the program. Let's have more parents present. Help support your Rossville 4-H club by attending all club meetings. The meetings are held every 4th Monday night in the month. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1950 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0656 http://www.recollectionsks.org/files/original/6673a3ce41f34d99c821065ce9b9b894.jpg 23514be45fc0c9071a3f43449f409d3d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1949 4-H Rossville Rustlers & West Union Wildcats, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource February 12, 1959 Way Back When 10 YEARS AGO February 10. 1949 Bob Gentry was one of four 4-H members awarded the Arthur Cap¬per scholarships for leadership in 4-H club work and applies only at Kansas State College. November 5, 1959 10 YEARS AGO November 10, 1949 Everett Hoobler, Rossville 4-H club member, was named state field crops champion. As a reward for his achievement he will be awarded a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. 4-H CLUB NEWS December 8, 1949 The Rossville Rustlers 4-H club met Monday, November 21, in the grade school gym for the regular meeting. Everett Hoobler called the meeting to order and roll was taken by naming something we were thankful for. Old and new business was then discussed We voted to start the meeting at 7:31 instead of 8 during the winter. We also voted to take up a penny col¬lection after the meetings. The club will have a basket supper on December 19, the regular meeting night, at 6:30 p. m., in the grade school gym. The members will also exchange Christmas gifts, boys bring boys gifts and girls bring girls. Bob Gentry gave out the ribbons and check awards to the 4-H mem¬bers. Those receiving awards were asked to write a letter of appreciation to the sponsor. He also reminded us to fill out enrollment cards and return them next meeting. After business meeting was over installation of officers was held. Reporter—Shirley Mesmer. WEST UNION WILDCATS 4-H Meeting December 15, 1949 The West Union Wildcats held their regular monthly meeting Wednesday, December 14, at the West Union school. For business we discussed a Christ¬mas party which is to be held December 19 at the West Union school house Also on the business we voted in two new members, Leroy VanHorn and Marlin Jontra. The program consisted of a demonstration on "How to Wrap Christmas Packages," by Connie Stevens and Wynne Jo Sum¬mers. Next was a monologue on "The Real Christmas Spirit" by Glen Van Horn. Next was a piano duet "Chop Sticks" by Rebecca and Smithena Fouts. The meeting was adjourned by Don Viergever, president. — Glen VanHorn, Reporter. West Union Wildcats Achievement Party The West Union Wildcats had an annual achievement party Nov. 27th at the West Union school house. The program consisted of a piano solo by Marcia Stevens; a vocal solo by Wyn¬ne Jo Summers; a special performer, Larry Heil, magician; talks from sev¬eral members and parents on trips taken for 4-H; a style revue and pre¬sentation of awards. For refreshments we had ice cream and cake. After everyone had gone home and we were cleaning up, we discovered the hot cocoa which we had forgotten and left on the stove.—Glen VanHorn Reporter. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. 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Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1945-1948 4-H Banquet, Awards & Meetings, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource ROSSVILLE RUSTLERS 4-H CLUB January 25, 1945 The regular monthly meeting of the Rossville Rustlers 4-H club was held at the Rossville grade school at 8 p. m. Tuesday, January 16, 1945. The meeting was called to order by the president, all repeating the flag salute followed by the song "America." Roll call was answered by a name of a Kansas bird, tree or flower. The program consisted of the song, "Flow Gently Sweet Alton" by the club; a talk by Howard McMahan on "Cattle"; a talk on "Food Preparation" by Betty Trubey a demonstration on "Cattle Grubs" by Everett Hoobler and Billy Hesse; music appreciation by Phyllis Page on "Home, Sweet Home"; a health talk on "Tuberculosis" by Ruth Spears; and recreation was led by Evelyn Trubey The Silver Lake 4-H club will be guests of Rossville Rustlers 4-H club January 31, at the Rossville grade school. The model club contest is being held between all the clubs in Shawnee County. These two clubs will give their model club at this meeting. We, the club, cordially invite the public to attend our meetings. — Reporter, Helen Spears February 1, 1945 The following was omitted last week in the list of 4- H winners. Gene Pelfrey also was a winner, taking 3rd in 2nd Division Poultry. March 8, 1945 At a tryout held recently for the County 4-H chorus of twenty-two voices to enter at Manhattan, April 7, Billy Hesse and Howard McMahan of Rossville were among the group chosen. March 29, 1945 Twelve Shawnee County 4-H clubs participated in the County model 4-H club contest recently and Rossville placed first. The Rossville leaders are Mrs. Harley McCoid, Mrs. Wm. Hesse, Owen McMahan, and V. P. Hoobler. A county team of fifteen was chosen and will compete with other counties at Manhattan, April 7. Billy Hesse, Everett Hoobler, Betty Trubey, and Barbara McCoid were among the fifteen chosen. January 25, 1945 A gala celebration for the 4-H club boys and girls of Shawnee County was enjoyed Monday night at the Topeka auditorium, when they met for the annual achievement banquet given by the Topeka Chamber of Commerce. Several hundred dollars were awarded for outstanding achievements in some type of farm competition to Shawnee county 4-H club members. Prize winners honored at this dinner were: Swine—James McCoid, 3rd. Kafir Corn—4th, Betty Trubey. General Crops—3rd, Betty Trubey Poultry, 1st Div. — 2nd, Burns Hesse Poultry, 2nd Div.—3rd, Barbara McCoid. Clothing 1st Div. – 1st Barbara McCoid Clothing 2nd Div. – 2nd, Betty Trubey Project Demonstration, 2nd Div. —1st, Betty Trubey; 2nd, Barbara McCoid Winners in Model Club Meeting contest—2nd, Rossville 4-H Club Club with largest enrollment—1st, Rossville 4-H club ROSSVILLE RUSTLERS 4-H NOTES February 22, 1945 The regular monthly meeting of the Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club was held February 19, at the Rossville grade school. The meeting was called to order by the president, Forest Hoobler, by repeating the Flag Salute, followed by the song, "A Plowing Song." Roll call was answered by "What a 4-H member can do to make his home look better." The program consisted of a piano solo by June Hartzell; a flute duet by Ruth Spears and Phyllis Page; a talk on "Feeding and Caring for a baby beef calf," by Forest Hoobler; a demonstration by Howard McMahan on "Mixing a dairy feed"; a demonstration on "Folding and care of clothes", by Rosemary Lambert; music appreciation by Burns Hesse on "Old Folks at Home"; a health talk on "Muscle Building Foods" by James McCoid; song, "Dixie" by the Club; a talk by Miss Lambotte; and recreation by Shirley Lambert. — Reporter, Helen Spears December 4, 1947 Everett Hoobler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hoobler, and Pauline Bundy of Six Mile, were crowned King and Queen of the Shawnee County 4-H Fall Festival at Garfield Park Shelterhouse. March 4, 1948 Robert Gentry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gentry of the Kingville neighborhood, for a number of years a 4-H worker in Mitchell County and lately in this county, has a record of achievement to inspire all 4-H'ers. During the 10 years Gentry has been in the 4-H Club work, he has carried 41 projects and won 100 ribbons. He was Kansas general livestock champion in 1946. September 1948 James McCoid of Rossville was judged the best groomed boy in the county. He has been a 4-H club member for five years. November 1948 Bob Gentry was named by J. Harold Johnson state 4-H club leader, as the boy leadership winner in Kansas club work this year. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. 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Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1944 4-H Kansas Free Fair & Meetings, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource MORRELL'S HOST TO 4-H CLUBS September 7, 1944 John Morrell & Co. of Topeka, will again be host to the 4-H Club members in Shawnee and surrounding counties for a Grand Barbecue and entertainment September 12 at the Kansas Free Fair. The affair will be held at the Morrell enclosure, just north of the grandstand, beginning at 5. p. m. More than 1000 invitations have already been sent out but it is impossible to contact all the club members individually so Morrell's ask that those who have not received invitations write to the Company directly for tickets. Beside the 30 clubs in Shawnee County, county agents in Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley and Wabaunsee counties have been notified of the event and the agents in turn are informing club leaders and officers in their districts. Approximately 2000 attended the last Morrell Barbecue at the 1942 Kansas Free Fair. "Because of war time conditions," Manager R. M. Owthwaite said, "we do not expect the attendance we might otherwise have. We regret, too, that we must limit the adult invitations to the club leaders. This is an event for the youngsters—4-H clubs are one of the most worthwhile organizations we have," he added, "and we give them our wholehearted support." 4-H CLUB NOTES October 19, 1944 The meeting was called to order by the president, Betty Trubey. After the basket supper the program opened with singing the "Star Spangled Banner," followed by the Flag Salute. Roll call was answered by telling how our projects were helping win the war. Twenty-seven members were present as well as a few guests, including parents and brothers and sisters. A report on the Hutchinson fair was given by Betty Trubey. The following officers were elected: President, Forest Hoobler; -vice-president, Everett Hoobler; secretary-treasurer, Barbara McCoid; reporter, Helen Spears; song leader, Edith Cerny and pianist, Phyllis. The program consisted of group singing, led by Barbara McCoid. Edith and Marcia Cerny sang "Daddy Let's Play Soldier," accompanied by Mrs. McCoid at the piano. Barbara McCoid played a piano solo entitled "Souvenir." Project talks were given by Colleen Coke, Barbara McCoid, Mary Maus, Betty Trubey, Howard McMahan, Mary Martin and James McCoid. The club presented a play called "Farmers Lead the Way for the Fight Against Tuberculosis." Then Mrs. Adams gave a short talk on the same subject. She is from the Topeka Tuberculosis Assn. For the girls in 4-H taking Sewing I there will be a sewing Meeting the second Saturday in November. ROSSVILLE RUSTLERS 4-H NEWS November 23, 1944 The monthly 4-H meeting of the Rossville Rustler Club was held Monday, November 20, at the Rossville Grade School with 38 members present. Installation was held of the following new officers: President, Forrest Hoobler; Vice-president, Everett Hoobler; secretary. Barbara McCoid; and reporter, Helen Spears. The program consisted of a Piano solo by Barbara McCoid; a talk by Mary Martin on "Storage for Winter;" a talk on "Cattle Grubs," by Howard McMahan; and a talk by Shirley Lambert on “400 Million Colds." At the December meeting roll call will be answered with a gift for a Christmas exchange. Boys are asked to bring gifts for boys; girls for girls.—Reporter, Helen Spears. December 14, 1944 4-H MEETING NOTICE The next monthly 4-H meeting will be held at the Rossville Grade school on Monday, December 18. Roll call will be answered with a gift exchange. The program will consist of a talk on "Feeding and Caring for Calves," by Howard McMahan; A talk by Phyllis Page on "'Poultry Cooking,"; a demonstration by Ruth Spears on the "Display of the Flag" Music appreciation by Marcia Cerny on the '"History of Christmas Carol" A health talk on the '"Health of School Children" will be given by Burns Hesse and the parlimentary practice will be on "Amending a Motion." Recreation will be by Billy Hesse. A short Christmas party will be planned for after the meeting. Reporter—Helen Spears. ROSSVILLE RUSTLERS 4-H NEWS December 21, 1944 The monthly meeting of the Rossville Rustlers 4-H club met at the Rossville grade school Monday, Dec. 18. The meeting was called to order by the president and the club repeated the flag salute, followed by the song, "America." The program consisted of two songs by the club; a demonstration on "Display of the Flag" by Ruth Spears; a talk on the "Caring and Feeding of Calves," by Howard McMahan; a talk by Burns Hesse on "The Health of School" a demonstration on "Display of the Flag" by Ruth Spears; a talk on the "Caring and Feeding of Calves," by Howard McMahan; a talk by Burns Hesse on "The Health of School" after the meeting. Refreshments were served by Mrs. L. H. Spears and Mrs. Ed Lambert. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas - 1905 This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0653 http://www.recollectionsks.org/files/original/339e96b7a8c9c5e3481bfd22d49048db.jpg 97d134ef4d1c5231253d3ae32ee25d5e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1943-1944 4-H Events, Programs & Meetings, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource December 16, 1943 Mrs. Walter Trubey, Betty and Evelyn, Mrs. William Hesse and son Billy, Barbara McCoid, Owen McMahan, Howard McMahan, Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Spears and Dorothy Lemon went to Topeka this Thursday to attend a 4-H Achievement Day Banquet held on the roof garden of the Hotel Kansan. The banquet is sponsored by the Topeka C of C. 4-H CLUB NOTES The Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club members of 1943, made a nice showing at the 4-H Achievement Banquet at the Hotel Kansan. Three hundred members attended the dinner and C. L. King presented awards to thirty county winners. Betty Trubey won a gold pin awarded by Montgomery Ward and Company in a canning contest; Barbara McCoid was presented an Eversharp pencil as an award for presiding as president of the Model Club meeting and the club was given a flag set for the best model meeting presented in the county. Billy Hesse was presented an Eversharp pencil for being poultry and beef champion of the county; also he placed 5th in the War Meat Production contest sponsored by the Gutting Motor Company and received $2 as prize money. 4-H CLUB NOTES January 27, 1944 The January meeting of the Rossville Rustlers 4-H club was called to order by the president, Betty Trubey. Roll call as answered by telling "How your project helps to win the war." Mary Maus led the club in saying the Flag Salute and Owen McMahan led in singing "God Bless America." Mr. King showed a moving picture on soldiers on the farm. The club had a skating party Wednesday, Jan. 19. Mary Maus gave a talk on "Saving Your Soil." Rosemary Lambert talked on "Food Conservation in the Home"; a talk on "More Food through Conservation Farming" was given by Howard McMahan. Dorothy Lemon spoke on "Safety." and James McCoid talked on Minerals. Mr. Emery of Topeka played a piano solo. There were 30 present. 4-H Club Notes February 24, 1944 The Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club met at the grade school Monday, Feb 23 at 8 o'clock. Betty Trubey presided. Evelyn Trubey read the minutes of the previous meeting. Roll call was answered by a valentine exchange. Owen McMahan gave a report of the leaders meeting which was held at Holton, January 27. Mary Maus played a trumpet solo. Pauline Snoddy gave a demonstration on eat the right food. A talk on patriotic songs was given by Dorothy Lemon. Eight were present. 4-H CLUB NOTES March 23, 1944 The Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club is having a paper drive starting Tuesday night, March 21. The members living on the north side of the highway are putting the paper they collect in Pelfrey's barn. Those members living on the south side will put the paper they collect in Mrs. Zelma Jones's shed. She lives the first house south of the ice plant on the west side of the road. They desire everyone cooperate by having their waste paper, magazines, etc. ready for the members when they come for it. The drive will last about two weeks. The last meeting of the Rossville Rustlers 4-H club was called to order by the president, Betty Trubey, roll call was answered by naming your favorite radio program. The program consisted of talks on "Colds" by Jean Kovar; "Meat Animal Contest," by Evelyn Trubey; "Victory Gardens" by Virginia Kovar; "Save Live for Victory," by Mary Marney; "Poultry Production contest" by Audrey Marney and games. Howard McMahan. Reporter. June 1, 1944 The annual 4-H religious program was given Sunday evening at the Christian Church and more friends and 4-H club members should have been present and enjoyed the fine program given by the club members. Gail Dunning the pastor, delivered a splendid message on "Youth." Other talks included "Purpose of the 4-H Sunday," by Betty Trubey; "Serving God, Country and Fellowmen," Howard McMahan, followed by a prayer by Mary Maus. A talk on "A Miracle in the Mediterranean," was given by Barbara McCoid. Three musical numbers were given by the 4-H chorus. ROSSVILLE, REPORTER THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1944 4-H CLUB NOTES All girls carrying the first food and clothing projects will meet at the drug store at 2:00 Wednesday afternoon, August 2. The meeting will be at the home of Betty Trubey. Bring material for potholder and partly finished towel; also sewing equipment. The 4-H food preparation and clothing club met at the home of Barbara McCoid, Monday afternoon. Barbara junior project leader, demonstrated the baking of sour cream cookies. The sewing class then made plans for future meetings and fair entries, with Betty Trubey, junior clothing project leader in charge. Girls attending the meeting were Mary Martin, Coleen Coke, Mary Marney, Jacqueline Lloyd, Donna Townsend, June Hartzell, Betty Trubey, Barbara McCoid and the hostess's mother, Mrs. Harley McCoid 4-H CLUB NOTES August 10, 1944 The 4-H club girls held a sewing meeting at the home of Mrs. Trubey Wednesday afternoon, August 2. The girls finished hand towels and tea towels and started on potholders Mrs. Trubey taught the girls to use the sewing machine. They plan to exhibit their work at the 4-H Style Show and at the fair. Those present were June Hartzell, Edith Marie Cerny, Marcia Cerny, Shirley Lambert, Rosemary Lambert, Mary Martin, Coleen Coke, Rosella Trubey and Mrs. Trubey. Norma Jean Rogers was a visitor. The next meeting will be held August 16th. 4 H CLUB NOTES September 21, 1944 The meeting was called to order Monday, Sept. 18, in the grade school building, by the vice-president Mary Maus, in the absence of the president, Betty Trubey. Roll call was answered by "What yon exhibited at the fair." Then a discussion of an achievement night. The program consisted of a demonstration on "Furniture" by June Hartzell, and protection of young War Workers by James McCoid. The following future members were present: Dickie Curwick, Arlene Hoobler, Everett Hoobler, Forest Hoobler, Ruth Spears. Helen Spears, Phyllis Page, Robert Marney and Dean Marney. —Howard McMahan, Reporter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943, 1944 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0652 http://www.recollectionsks.org/files/original/348eeb8d0fac787f52399f2995e1d53f.jpg 471155c8e7a0787cfd94dcb940b85c9a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1927-1938 4-H Events, Activities & Meetings, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource June 6, 1929 The 4-H Roundup program is being broadcast from K. S. A. C. at Manhattan this week. The banquet Friday evening from 5:30 to 9 should be interesting because the prize winners will be announced and awarded. Rossville 4-H club is competing in Music Appreciation, County Organization and Girls demonstrations. December 12, 1929 Mrs. John Wray, assisted by Dr. Wray, the girls of her foods class and nine waitresses, served a lovely banquet Friday evening to members of the 4-H Club and some of their parents and friends. W. H. Robinson, county agent, and Miss Lois Holderbaum, home demonstration agent, were present and gave encouraging talks. Mr. Leo Hubert, the new president was in charge of the program. The short form of initiation was demonstrated, with Howard Hook as Conductor and Clyde Wadsworoth as candidate. A large 4-leaf clover in green, with a large white capital H on each leaf, was laid out near the center of the floor. Aletha Viergever, Maudie Lambert, Fern Enochs and Mildred Startup represented the four H's and Herbert Lambert the stem of the clover. The candidate was conducted to each H in turn and there told the meaning of the H. Some other time it is planned to try out the longer initiation form. The Misses Bertrice Moser, Erma Caldwell, Inez Spencer, Julia Ellen Crow, and Margaret VanOrsdol, who entered the Achievement contest here at the fair last fall, were guests of honor. Their mothers, also were invited guests. The O. E. S. chapter held its annual election Tuesday evening. 4-H CLUB PICNIC August 15, 1935 Rossville 4-H community clubs picnic will be held Wednesday, Aug. 21, at St. Marys park for all club members and their parents. All are to meet at the high school at 4 o'clock. The picnic supper will include the following menu. Bring enough for your party: Fried chicken, potato salad, fresh tomatoes, cake, bananas, deviled eggs and pickles. Iced chocolate milk will be furnished. Each is to bring table service, plate cup and saucer. October 7, 1937 The Supper club had a meeting after the general 4-H meeting Tuesday. The following were elected: President, Nora Dell; Vice president. Verna dell; Secretary, Eva; Treasurer; Ruby; Reporter Anita. December 26, 1957 Way Back When - 20 YEARS AGO November 25, 1937 The Shawnee County 4-H Club orchestra played Saturday over WIBW. Those from Rossville who belong and played were Geraldine Fawl, Lulu Rachel Dannefer, Patricia Bigham, Helen Parr, Merwin Startup, Clyde Hartzell, Keith Navarre, and Richard Hartzell. January 27, 1938 The following went to the county 4-H orchestra practice in Silver Lake Monday: Clyde Hartzell, Pat Bigham, Helen Parr, Geraldine Fawl, Richard Hartzell, Keith Navarre and Merwin Startup. September 8, 1927 Marvin Davis and Leo Ruff of Rossville and Howard Hook of Silver Lake were selected as the Shawnee county 4-H Club Stock Judging team for the Topeka and Hutchinson State Fairs. Earl Miller Jr., Frederick Zickefoose and Paul Engler were selected as the Dairy Judging team for the Hutchinson Fair. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927, 1929, 1935, 1937, 1938 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0651 http://www.recollectionsks.org/files/original/9d6199d97644df5d50a603a423edf186.JPG 464438ced90d0d2cc4466ed5c29a3b98 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rooks County Kansas History Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Plainville Memorial Library, Stockton Public Library, Palco Public Library Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jaycees Certificate Subject The topic of the resource Jaycees Description An account of the resource Distinguished service award from Jaycees (L)Carl Schminke-President of Plainville Jaycees presenting certificate to (R) Neil Fischer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Plainville Memorial Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1965 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Neil Fischer Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Type The nature or genre of the resource photo http://www.recollectionsks.org/files/original/5abfa66a2dc18438e60df7fd12916ddf.pdf 83bbb0337653bc5ac8a198750282a116 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Jaycees Certificate Subject The topic of the resource Jaycees Description An account of the resource Distinguished service award from Jaycees Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Plainville Memorial Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1965 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Neil Fischer Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Type The nature or genre of the resource document http://www.recollectionsks.org/files/original/cb5e3cd36a0aead83795f8cc0e75d493.jpg 459788cf674cdbbbb973e5deb90df325 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Churches History Subject The topic of the resource Churches in the Rossville, Kansas, area. Description An account of the resource Among the various cultural developments in Rossville none was more important than the establishment and growth of organized religions. Shortly after the village of Rossville was started in 1871, some of the settlers felt the need for a church. The first known organized church was the Baptist Church started in August 1871 with nine members. A newspaper account, dated May 1879, about the school house in town says, “…at this time the building is used on Sunday by various church denominations as they are not supplied with church buildings. Six denominations have organized: The Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian, Methodist, Episcopal, Methodist Southern and Advent. The Baptist have begun to erect a neat frame church building.” The Baptists built a small church on the approximate site of the Joe Navarre home on Spruce Street and dedicated this church on February 29, 1880. For a few years after that the Baptist, Christian, Presbyterian and Methodist shared this building—each having the use of it one Sunday a month, morning and evening. The Baptist church disbanded in 1910 and was torn down soon afterwards. Organization of the United Brethren was soon followed by the United Brethren Church, also known as the Olive Branch Church. The first church building in the community was built by its members in about 1877. The old landmark, five miles north of Rossville, was torn down about 1952. Some of the farm folk responsible for its organization and erection were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Lasswell, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert James and their sons, Robert and James, Mr. and Mrs. W.V. Hook, who donated land for the church. A decline in membership prompted the church officials to sell the building to the Czech Christian organization and it served as a worship center for many years. Other denominations organized early, which have little recorded history, including the Colored Baptist, also called Second Baptist. A news clipping shows the Colored Baptist Church was in existence in 1885 and meetings were held at the old school house. At that time they were endeavoring to raise funds for a structure of their own. It was later erected in the southeast part of town on Orange Street. Their building was repaired in December 1904, but soon after the church disbanded. The only information available about the Cambellites, followers of Alexander Cambell, shows that they gathered regularly early in the city’s history. The Cambellites here and in other localities were the forerunners of the early Christian Church. A church was organized with the name Church of Christ in 1872 with Bennet Swearingen, an elder. In 1879 a group was meeting in the school. Between 1880 and when it was decided to build a church, it is believed the members met in the Baptist Church. A deed was recorded on June 29, 1887, for three lots for which they paid $50.00. The exact date of the erection of the present church is not known. Revered Alex Montgomery was a stone mason and laid the church foundation. Charles Bixby, father of the late Albert Bixby, was a carpenter and supervised the building of the church. Lumber was hauled from Topeka by Alex Nadeau and others. The supplies were purchased from the Thomas Lumber Company at Topeka. The first funeral held in the church was for William Lacock, grandfather of the late Albert Bixby. The oldest Sunday School record is dated September 7, 1884, with May Parker its first secretary. Due to an increase in the Christian Church's membership, in 1949 a large room was added to the north side of the building. Other improvements included new colored glass in the windows, and pews from the old United Brethren Church. In December 1960, another addition to the building was completed. As more settlers moved to this community, those who were of the Presbyterian faith organized their group in 1878 and met in the school in town. Reverend E.P. Sempel was the first pastor. A.C. Sherman, Richard Binns, Daniel Wilt, J.C. Bradley, William Bond, Henry Kassebaum, W.M. Mitchner, Sam Kerr, Dr. H.H. Miller and Isaac Trostle were the founders of the church. Later the Presbyterians met in the Baptist Church. In 1883, the Presbyterian group purchased the land on which the present church stands and began to build. The first church was built of red bricks which were made at a brick kiln located at the east edge of town. As the years passed a crack appeared between the bricks in the east end of the building. This fault was used as the reason for tearing town the old building. The present structure was constructed in 1917. The Reverend J.H. Naismith, the originator of the game of basketball, served as pastor in 1922 and 1923. Mr. Gus Kassebaum served as a Trustee for 39 years, from 1915 to 1954. His wife, Mrs. Lula Kassebaum served most of these years as president of the Ladies Missionary Society. The Rossville Charge was organized in the James School House, three miles west of Rossville in the year 1872 under the leadership of Mr. Paul Strimple, a local lay preacher. Shortly afterwards, another group of Methodists (Southern Methodists) met in Rossville and had services at the school in town. These two groups joined in planning construction of a church. Since the Baptists were the first to build a church, the two Methodist groups shared the building. The Methodist Church was chartered and registered with the Secretary of State, June 13, 1881. The first trustees and signers of the charter were: W.G. Gilbert, Isaac Larrance, Joseph Andrews, J.W. Miller, A.E. Strimple, J.T. Heslet, and T.M. Attebury. Building of the new church began in 1884, and it was dedicated on March 1, 1885. Nine years later the south room was added, and it was used as a dining room and meeting room. The Sunday School addition was added in 1960. The name was changed from Methodist Episcopal to Methodist, October 11, 1939. It was again changed in 1968 to United Methodist when the United Brethren and Methodist merged. The Election Day dinner was first served in 1882 and has become an established tradition. Dinner and supper were served to over 175 persons at a cost of 25 cents per person. Some of the men who took an active part in the life of the church were C.E. Gresser, E.G. Griswold and Frank Strimple. Before St. Stanislaus became a reality, according to Ellen Leonhardt of St. Marys, Kansas, Mass was held monthly sometime before 1894 in the Fritz Hall. She remembers accompanying Father Krier, a Jesuit priest, from St. Marys to Rossville along with other girls to sing in the choir. The first St. Stanislaus Church was built under the auspices of Father John B. Kokenge, S.J., who collected about eleven hundred dollars to procure the ground and put up the structure. It measured 42 x 30 feet with a sanctuary that added twelve feet to its length. The corner stone of this mission church was laid by Bishop Fink on June 18, 1899. Many notables from the St. Marys College were present as well as Reverend H.A. Schapman, S.J., former president of Detroit College. The document placed in the stone contained the following: “Leo XIII being Pope, William McKinley being President of the United States, W.E. Stanley being the Governor of Kansas, Joseph Calvin Bradley being Mayor of the city of Rossville, this church to be erected to the honor of God under the invocation of St. Stanislaus Kastka was begun today when the corner stone was laid this the eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.” The dedication of the completed church took place on October 29, 1899. In 1967, the parish purchased the home across the street from the church, so that the expanding catechetical classes would have a better place to meet. A $20,000 renovation project in 1975-1976 added a brick extension to the front of the church and a full basement. In 1998 Dekat Hall was dedicated and the mortgage was paid off. By 2009 the parish, which encompassed Rossville, Silver Lake, Willard, and Maple Hill, was in need of a bigger building so Don & Kathleen Damon donated a $1.1 million gift for the building of a new church. After raising the additional needed funds, the new worship space for 400 people was built in 2012 near the former church. In the early 1950s a group of believers who met together for weekly Bible Study grew in number so that they were encouraged to secure a property, call a pastor and organize a church. The Stewart property on the corner of Main and Pottawatomie was purchased in June 1952. After renovation, the first services of the Rossville Bible Church were held on September 7, 1952, with Reverend Clarence Swihart as pastor. Reverend Floyd Gee became the second pastor in June 1954. The church purchased a building site from the Hesse family that adjoins the Grade School in August 1960. Reverend Hugh Gardner, Wichita, superintended the construction of a basement to be used for an auditorium. A building was moved from Forbes Air Force Base and set on the basement. June 7, 1970, was a day of rejoicing for the congregation as they had a mortgage-burning service with Reverend Joe Arnedd, Des Moines, Iowa, evangelist, as speaker. Thus is the history of the early churches which no longer exist in the community and the churches which continue to function--though in somewhat different roles than in the early years. Once, the church, as well as the school, was the center of most family activities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1979 Rossville Christian Church schedule, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource 1979 ROSSVILLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 411 Spruce, 2 blocks east of business dist. We invite you to join us. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service - 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Evening Prayer Meeting and Bible Study - 7:30 Robert Sieh, Minister, 584-6351 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The St. Marys Star, St. Marys, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1979 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0650 http://www.recollectionsks.org/files/original/7553216cd7a3cd706a0c7a4c3f9197fb.jpeg fac1f13d3b5e8c8e2f78176dce28beff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Churches History Subject The topic of the resource Churches in the Rossville, Kansas, area. Description An account of the resource Among the various cultural developments in Rossville none was more important than the establishment and growth of organized religions. Shortly after the village of Rossville was started in 1871, some of the settlers felt the need for a church. The first known organized church was the Baptist Church started in August 1871 with nine members. A newspaper account, dated May 1879, about the school house in town says, “…at this time the building is used on Sunday by various church denominations as they are not supplied with church buildings. Six denominations have organized: The Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian, Methodist, Episcopal, Methodist Southern and Advent. The Baptist have begun to erect a neat frame church building.” The Baptists built a small church on the approximate site of the Joe Navarre home on Spruce Street and dedicated this church on February 29, 1880. For a few years after that the Baptist, Christian, Presbyterian and Methodist shared this building—each having the use of it one Sunday a month, morning and evening. The Baptist church disbanded in 1910 and was torn down soon afterwards. Organization of the United Brethren was soon followed by the United Brethren Church, also known as the Olive Branch Church. The first church building in the community was built by its members in about 1877. The old landmark, five miles north of Rossville, was torn down about 1952. Some of the farm folk responsible for its organization and erection were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Lasswell, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert James and their sons, Robert and James, Mr. and Mrs. W.V. Hook, who donated land for the church. A decline in membership prompted the church officials to sell the building to the Czech Christian organization and it served as a worship center for many years. Other denominations organized early, which have little recorded history, including the Colored Baptist, also called Second Baptist. A news clipping shows the Colored Baptist Church was in existence in 1885 and meetings were held at the old school house. At that time they were endeavoring to raise funds for a structure of their own. It was later erected in the southeast part of town on Orange Street. Their building was repaired in December 1904, but soon after the church disbanded. The only information available about the Cambellites, followers of Alexander Cambell, shows that they gathered regularly early in the city’s history. The Cambellites here and in other localities were the forerunners of the early Christian Church. A church was organized with the name Church of Christ in 1872 with Bennet Swearingen, an elder. In 1879 a group was meeting in the school. Between 1880 and when it was decided to build a church, it is believed the members met in the Baptist Church. A deed was recorded on June 29, 1887, for three lots for which they paid $50.00. The exact date of the erection of the present church is not known. Revered Alex Montgomery was a stone mason and laid the church foundation. Charles Bixby, father of the late Albert Bixby, was a carpenter and supervised the building of the church. Lumber was hauled from Topeka by Alex Nadeau and others. The supplies were purchased from the Thomas Lumber Company at Topeka. The first funeral held in the church was for William Lacock, grandfather of the late Albert Bixby. The oldest Sunday School record is dated September 7, 1884, with May Parker its first secretary. Due to an increase in the Christian Church's membership, in 1949 a large room was added to the north side of the building. Other improvements included new colored glass in the windows, and pews from the old United Brethren Church. In December 1960, another addition to the building was completed. As more settlers moved to this community, those who were of the Presbyterian faith organized their group in 1878 and met in the school in town. Reverend E.P. Sempel was the first pastor. A.C. Sherman, Richard Binns, Daniel Wilt, J.C. Bradley, William Bond, Henry Kassebaum, W.M. Mitchner, Sam Kerr, Dr. H.H. Miller and Isaac Trostle were the founders of the church. Later the Presbyterians met in the Baptist Church. In 1883, the Presbyterian group purchased the land on which the present church stands and began to build. The first church was built of red bricks which were made at a brick kiln located at the east edge of town. As the years passed a crack appeared between the bricks in the east end of the building. This fault was used as the reason for tearing town the old building. The present structure was constructed in 1917. The Reverend J.H. Naismith, the originator of the game of basketball, served as pastor in 1922 and 1923. Mr. Gus Kassebaum served as a Trustee for 39 years, from 1915 to 1954. His wife, Mrs. Lula Kassebaum served most of these years as president of the Ladies Missionary Society. The Rossville Charge was organized in the James School House, three miles west of Rossville in the year 1872 under the leadership of Mr. Paul Strimple, a local lay preacher. Shortly afterwards, another group of Methodists (Southern Methodists) met in Rossville and had services at the school in town. These two groups joined in planning construction of a church. Since the Baptists were the first to build a church, the two Methodist groups shared the building. The Methodist Church was chartered and registered with the Secretary of State, June 13, 1881. The first trustees and signers of the charter were: W.G. Gilbert, Isaac Larrance, Joseph Andrews, J.W. Miller, A.E. Strimple, J.T. Heslet, and T.M. Attebury. Building of the new church began in 1884, and it was dedicated on March 1, 1885. Nine years later the south room was added, and it was used as a dining room and meeting room. The Sunday School addition was added in 1960. The name was changed from Methodist Episcopal to Methodist, October 11, 1939. It was again changed in 1968 to United Methodist when the United Brethren and Methodist merged. The Election Day dinner was first served in 1882 and has become an established tradition. Dinner and supper were served to over 175 persons at a cost of 25 cents per person. Some of the men who took an active part in the life of the church were C.E. Gresser, E.G. Griswold and Frank Strimple. Before St. Stanislaus became a reality, according to Ellen Leonhardt of St. Marys, Kansas, Mass was held monthly sometime before 1894 in the Fritz Hall. She remembers accompanying Father Krier, a Jesuit priest, from St. Marys to Rossville along with other girls to sing in the choir. The first St. Stanislaus Church was built under the auspices of Father John B. Kokenge, S.J., who collected about eleven hundred dollars to procure the ground and put up the structure. It measured 42 x 30 feet with a sanctuary that added twelve feet to its length. The corner stone of this mission church was laid by Bishop Fink on June 18, 1899. Many notables from the St. Marys College were present as well as Reverend H.A. Schapman, S.J., former president of Detroit College. The document placed in the stone contained the following: “Leo XIII being Pope, William McKinley being President of the United States, W.E. Stanley being the Governor of Kansas, Joseph Calvin Bradley being Mayor of the city of Rossville, this church to be erected to the honor of God under the invocation of St. Stanislaus Kastka was begun today when the corner stone was laid this the eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.” The dedication of the completed church took place on October 29, 1899. In 1967, the parish purchased the home across the street from the church, so that the expanding catechetical classes would have a better place to meet. A $20,000 renovation project in 1975-1976 added a brick extension to the front of the church and a full basement. In 1998 Dekat Hall was dedicated and the mortgage was paid off. By 2009 the parish, which encompassed Rossville, Silver Lake, Willard, and Maple Hill, was in need of a bigger building so Don & Kathleen Damon donated a $1.1 million gift for the building of a new church. After raising the additional needed funds, the new worship space for 400 people was built in 2012 near the former church. In the early 1950s a group of believers who met together for weekly Bible Study grew in number so that they were encouraged to secure a property, call a pastor and organize a church. The Stewart property on the corner of Main and Pottawatomie was purchased in June 1952. After renovation, the first services of the Rossville Bible Church were held on September 7, 1952, with Reverend Clarence Swihart as pastor. Reverend Floyd Gee became the second pastor in June 1954. The church purchased a building site from the Hesse family that adjoins the Grade School in August 1960. Reverend Hugh Gardner, Wichita, superintended the construction of a basement to be used for an auditorium. A building was moved from Forbes Air Force Base and set on the basement. June 7, 1970, was a day of rejoicing for the congregation as they had a mortgage-burning service with Reverend Joe Arnedd, Des Moines, Iowa, evangelist, as speaker. Thus is the history of the early churches which no longer exist in the community and the churches which continue to function--though in somewhat different roles than in the early years. Once, the church, as well as the school, was the center of most family activities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1960-10-06 Rossville, Delia, Willard Church Schedules, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Attend A Church of Your Choice Sunday SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 SILVER LAKE METHODIST CHURCH Kent Hayes, Pastor Church Service at 11:00 a. m., Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Paul Snavely, Supt. DOVER FEDERATED CHURCH Rev. Terry Hodges, Minister John Cox, Supt. Grace Rogers, Primary Supt. Church School at 10:00 a. m., Morning worship at 11:00 a.m., Youth Service at 6:00pm ROSSVILLE BIBLE CHURCH, Floyd Gee, Pastor Mr. Arthur Walters, S.S, Supt. Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a. m., Evening Worship at 8:00 p. m. Prayer Service, Wednesday evening at 8:00 p. m. ROSSVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. Donald Sears, Pastor Morning Worship at 11:00 a. m., Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Mrs. Junior Dannefer, S.S. Supt., Miss Carol Tuller, Asst. S.S. Supt. DELIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. Donald Sears, Pastor Morning Worship at 9:30 a. m., Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. Harvey Wulfkuhle, Supt., Lloyd Miller, Asst. Supt., Phyllis Lundin, Pianist EMMETT METHODIST CHURCH James M. Starkey, Pastor Morning Worship at 8:15 a. m., Church School at 9:30 a. m., Mrs. Sylvia Lasswell, Supt. ROSSVILLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sam Nickols, Minister Sharon Reser, Supt., Helen Stadler, Asst. Supt. Bible School at 9:45 a. m., Communion at 11:00 a. m., Sunday evening services at 7:30 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering gentleness, faith. Meekness, temperance, against such there is no law." Epes. 5:22,23. ROSSVILLE METHODIST CHURCH, Don Jones, Minister Sunday School at 10:00 a. m., Morning worship service at 11:00 a. m. Scott W. Kelsey, Supt., Mrs. Jean Lane, Primary Supt., Mrs. Irene Parr, Intermediate Supt. Mrs. Irene Campbell, Pianist No man has ever grown strong by carrying light loads. ST. STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCH Rossville, Kansas Edward A. Thro, S. J., Pastor A. H. Shulz, S.J., Asst. Pastor Mass, Sunday and Holy Days, 8:00 a. m., Religious instructions, 9:00 a. m. Confessions, Saturday, 3 to 4 p.m., Confessions, Sunday, 7:30 to 7:55 a. m. Altar Society meeting - Second Thursday of the month. HOLY CROSS CHURCH of EMMETT Rev. George Seuferling Mass on Sunday at 6:30 and 8:30 a. m. SACRED HEART CHURCH of DELIA Rev. George Seuferling Mass on Sunday at 8:30 a. m. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 6, 1960 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0649